A Lost producer will give The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy the TV treatment

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is making the leap to the small screen. Hulu is developing a new TV series adaptation of the popular science fiction series penned by Douglas Adams.

So far, the production team includes Carlton Cuse as showrunner and Jason Fuchs as feature writer. Cuse's television credits include Lost, Bates Motel, The Strain, and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, while Fuchs did story work on Wonder Woman and provided the screenplay for Ice Age: Continental Drift.

For those few who might be unfamiliar with this classic of geekdom, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy tells the tale of Earth's destruction so that aliens can build a space highway. It centers on a Brit named Arthur Dent and his best friend Ford Prefect, who is writing the travel guide of the title.

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